Exhibit device.



J. NUTRY.

EXHIBIT DEVICE.

- APPLICATION FILED DEC. 30. 1912, 1,089,858. Patented Mar. 10, 191 1 8 SHEETS--SHEBT1.

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EXHIBIT DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED D30, 20. 1912 Patented Mar. 10, 1914.

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APPLICATION FILED DEC. 30 m2,

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JOHN NUTRY, OF RIDGEWOOD, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR 'IO NUTRY AND COOK MANU- FACTURING COMPANY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

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To all whom it may concern .30 it known that 1, JOHN NUTRY, a cit1- zen of the United States, and resident of fltidgewood, in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey, have invented certaln new and useful Improvements in Exhibit Devices, of which the following is a specilication.

This invention relates to an exhibit device which is to be used for the purpose of advertising a miniature bank, as in the specific device illustrated or any other article and to call the attention of the public to the device or articles which are being advertiscd by illustrating or actually showing how a number of small coins accumulated successively, produce and represent values that can be expressed by coins of greater value. For example, the apparatus may show that if a number of small coins, for example, dimes, nickels or quarters are placed successively in a suitable receptacle their value can be represented by silver dollars which successively emerge from the depository and thus show how a number of coins of lesser value when deposited in such a miniature bank will ultimately result in an accumulation represented by larger coins.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved device of this kind which is simple in construction, effective, striking in appearance and which will attract the attention of prospective purchasers in the article exhibited.

In the accompanying drawings in which like letters of reference indicate like parts in all the figures; I have illustrated my exhibit device in one of its numerous possible embodiments, in this case a miniature bank.

Figure l is a face view of one embodiment of my new and improved exhibit device as applied to a miniature bank. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the same, the back being open and parts broken away. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view, parts being shown in elevation, on the line b-b Fig. 1. Fig. at is a vertical longitudinal sectional view on the line coa Fig. 3, parts being broken away and others shown in elevation. Fig. 5 is an enlarged vertical transverse sectional view showing structures that do not appear in Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of part of the fixed central hub, parts being broken away. Fig. 7 is a Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 30, 1912.

Patented Mar. 10, 1914.

Serial No. 739,209.

perspective view of part of the rotating disk and pockets thereon, parts being broken away.

The entire mechanism is contained in a fiasing 1, having a glass front 2 and a rear wall 3. A horizontal shaft 4: is mounted transversely to the front, in two longitudinal horizontal supports or bars 5 and this shaft carries a worm wheel 6 engaging a worm T on a horizontal shaft 8 extending lengthwise of the box or casing and suitably mounted, which shaft 8 can be driven directly from an electric motor 10 in the easing or if desired said worm shaft 8 may be driven from some external source of power, in any well known manner. On the inner end of the shaft t a disk 11 is lixed centrally so as to rotate with this shaft and this disk provided on its rim with a circular flange 12 extending toward the front of the casing. ()n the said flange a series of circular rows of pockets are fori'ned in the embodiment shown, there being five such circular rows of pockets for the following coins respectively, a dime, a cent, a nickel, a quarter and a silver dollar, and the pockets of each row are designated respectively by the numbers 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17. These pockets are forn'led between a series of annular plates 9 secured to the flange 12 and gradually increasing in height in the direction from the front to the rear of the casing. The several pockets are formed by a series of radial partitions 18, in each circular trough formed between the annular plates 9 as clearly shown in Fig. 7 and these partitions are beveled at their inner ends, that is, the ends nearest the center of the disk 11, so that if a coin strikes on the end of such a partition it is deflected either to the right or left and drops into the corresponding pocket. In front of the outermost row of circular pockets formed on the disk 11 a partition is provided in the casing and extends vertically and lengthwise of the casing from end to end so as to conceal the rotating disk, the front edge of the flange 12 resting loosely against the back of this partition as shown in Figs. 3 and 5.

As appears from the drawings the open or inner edges of the several rows of troughs or pockets are stepped in accordance with the diameters of the coins which are to pass into the several pockets and by said steps a recess is formed on that face of the disk toward the front of the machine, and in this recess a hub 21 fits which is secured to the inner face of the partition 20 so that the said pockets formed on the disk 11 will rotate around said hub when the disk is rotated. The hub is stepped to correspond to the stepped or rabbeted pockets whereby a series of stepped tracks 22 are formed on the rim of the hub, each track closing the inner open edge of the corresponding circular row of pockets as is clearly shown in Fig. At the top of the hub 21 an opening or recess 23 is formed, so that the coins carried around by the several pockets in the rows 13, 1 1, 15, 16 can drop into this opening or recess 23 and from the bottom of this opening or recess a downwardly and laterally inclined. chute 25 extends to the side of the rim of the hub. So that the coins will not become intermingled a series of transparent partitions 26 are formed in this openin 23 which is thus divided into a number of compartments, these compartments being continued by metal par titions 27 in the inclined chute 25. The partitions 26 are preferably made of mica but can be made of glass or celluloid as they must be transparent. The rear partition 28 forming the chute from the pocket 17 for the dollars, is made of metal as it must not be transparent and is preferably colored black. An opening 29 is formed in the partition 20 and in said opening a plate of glass 30 or of mica or transparent celluloid is placed so that any coins dropping from the chutes 13, 1 1, 15 and 16, into or through the compartments of the opening or recess 23 are visible from the outside while passing through said opening and the observer can thus see the dime, cent, nickel, or quarter that drops from a pocket in the rotating ring of pockets, through the opening 23 into the passages formed in the inclined chute 25 by the partitions 27. The representation of a miniature bank 31 open at the bottom, is secured on the front of the partition 20 directly below said glass closed opening 29 so that it will appear to the casual observer that the coins dropping through the compartments formed by the transparent partitions 26 in the opening or recess 23 actually pass into the bank represented by the box 31 whereas they actually do not pass into the bank at all but drop into and roll through the passages in the inclined chute 25 and back into the corresponding pockets in the rim of the disk 11 to be carried up again and so on. The pockets 17 for the dollars are closed by the innermost track 22 on the hub 20 but this track is provided with a recess 32 at the top in the bottom of which recess 32 the upper end of a chute 33 is located, which chute is inclined and extends from the back of the hub 21 to the front of the same, directly above the bottom edges of the box 31 representing a bank, as shown at 3st, in Fig. 5, so that the dollar coins that slide from the pockets 17 and recess 32 in the innermost track 22 into the upper end of the chute 33 drop from the lower end 34 of said chute and from the bottom of the box 31 representing a bank and thus actu ally drop from the bottom of the imitation bank. The dropping dollar-coins drop upon the tilting platform 35 formed on the upper end of a cylindrical block or tube-36, the outside of which is ornamented to represent, in the conventional manner, a stack of silver dollars having the usual milled edges. The tilting platform is provided at its rim with a ledge 37 and is surrounded on its front and sides by a shield 38 made of mica or transparent celluloid and extending down below the upper edge of the block or tube 36.

Normally the tilting platform is inclined downward and toward the front and rests upon the upper edge of the block or tube 36 but when a dollar coin drops upon the same from the lower end 3 1 of the chute 33 the platform is tilted from front to rear by the weight of the coin, permitting the coin to slide off the tilting platform and into the upper end of a chute 39, in the partition 20 and hub 21, extending downward and rearward and having its lower end above the open inner ends of the pockets in the rows 17, so that when the dollar coin slides off the tilting platform 35 it passes into the chute 39 and from the same into one of the dollar pockets in the circular row 17, to be carried up again. As shown the tilting platform is pivoted out of center so that it will normally be inclined forward as stated but it can readily be inclined rearward under the action of the weight of the dollar.

To give the appearance of a large amount of dollars accumulated by the bank, a series of standards 40, having their outer surface ornamented and milled to represent stacks of silver dollars are placed in the bottom of the casing in front of the partition 20. A dime, a cent, a nickel, a quarter and asilver dollar are placed in one of the corresponding pockets and as the disk 11 rotates the several coins are carried up. When one of these coins, that is either the dime, the cent, the nickel, or the quarter arrives at the top of the hub 21 it drops into the corresponding compartment in the opening or recess 23 and passes by the glass closing the opening 29 and then through one of the inclined chutes to the side of the hub and again drops into one of the pockets of the rotating disk and is then carried up and so on. The coins are of course originally placed in the pockets so that they will not all drop at the same time, but one will follow the other at short intervals. As stated above to the observer it will appear that the several coins drop successively into the box 31 representing a bank. The dollar coin when it arrives at the top recess in the tub drops through the chute EEK-Jet. upon the tilting platform from which it instantly slides through the chute 39 and is guided back into one of the pockets of the row 17 to be -arried up again and so on. The dropping, ot the dollar coin upon the tilting platform 35 and ti-om the platform into the chute 39 takes place so rapidly as to hardly noticed by the observer.

1 have shown and described the pockets for a cent, a dime, a nickel, and a quarter, in addition to the dollar, but it desireiil, pockets for only one coin in addition to the dollar may be used, for example, a pocket for the cent, the dime, the nickel, or the quarter, the only change being that a cone sponding'ly less number of chutes and pockets are required.

llavinc; described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters atent is 1. in a device of the kind described, the combination with an article, of means for alternately bringing into view a coin above the article and causing it to disappear, and means for bringing into view a coin of greater denon'iii'iation beneath he article, substantially as set forth.

2. In a device of the kind described, the combination with an article, of means for alternately bringing into view a coin above the article and causing; it to disappear and means for depositing: a coin of greater denomination beneath the article, substantially as set forth.

3. In a device of the kind described, the combination with an article, oi? means for alternately bringing into view a coin above the article and causing; it to disappear, means for depositing a coin of greater denon'iination beneath the article, and a representation of a stack of coins of such greater denomination, upon which imitation stack said. coin of greater denon'iination is dep sited, substantially as set forth.

at. In a device of the kind described, the C(nnblllntiOil with an article, of means for alternately bringing into view a coin above the article and causing it to disappear and means for depositing a coin of greater denomination beneath the article, a representation of a stack of coins of such greater denomination, beneath the article and a tilting plat'lorm upon such representation. of a stack of coins, substantially as set forth.

5. in a device of the kind described, the combination with an article, of means for alternately bringing into view a coin above the article and causing it to disappear and means for depositing a coin of greater denomination beneath the article, a reprcsen- 'talion ot a stack of coins of such greater denomination, beneath the said article and a tilting 'platl'orm upon such. representation ot a slack oil coins, and a transparent shield partly surrounding the platform, substantially as set forth.

(3. ln a device oi the kind described, the combination with an article, of means for alternately bringing into view a coin above the article and causing it to disappear and means t'or depositing a coin of or alter do nomination beneath the article, a represenlation ot a stack ot? coins 0] such greater dcmanination, beneath the said article and a tilting plall'orm upon such representation oi. a stack oi coins, a transparent shield partly surrounding the tilting plat'torm and the upper end ot the stack oi. coins and attached to the tilting platter-m, substantially as set 'lortl T. in a device oi the kind described, the combination with an article, of means for alternately bringing into view a coin above the article and causing it to disappear, means for causing a coin ot. greater denomination to drop from the bottom oi the said article, a tilting platform upon which said coin. can drop and a chute into which the coin can be delivered from the tilting platl'orm, substantially as set forth.

In, a device Hi? the kind described, the combination with an article, of means for exposing: a coin to view above the article and causing it alternately to disappear and to come to view, means for delivering a coin of greater denomination to said article, and to drop the coin from the said article, and means For bringing the dropping, coin back to the said article, substantially as set :lorth.

t in a device of the kind described, the combination with an article, ot' means for exposing to view coins ot diil'erent denominations above and below the said article and to cause said coins to move downward, and means for automatically elcvatin such coins to permit them again to move downward in relation to the said article, substantially as set forth.

1 In a device of the kind described, the combination with an article, of a rotating device behind the same, pockets on said rotating device for receiving coins on said rotatingdevice, and means for guiding said coins from the pockets to expose them to view in front oi the rotating device and means for guiding said coins back to the pockets in the rotating device, substantially as set forth.

1].. In a device oi? the kind described, the combination with an article, of a partition on which said article appears, an opening in said partition above the said article, an o 'iening in said partition leading to the interior of the said article, rotating means for conducting coins behind the opening above the said article and into the opening leading into the interior of the said article, substantially as set forth.

12. In a device of the kind described, the combination with a representation of an article, of a partition, said partition having an opening above the said article and an opening leading into the said article and an opening leading from the front of the partition. to the rear, a rotating coin elevating device behind the partition and means for conducting coins behind the opening above the said article and for conducting other coins through the opening leading into the said article and means for conducting the coins that have been conducted through the opening leading to the interior of the said article to the rear of the partition, substantially as set forth.

13. In a device of the kind described, the combination with a partition, of an article on the front of said partition, a rotating coin carrier behind the partition and a hub fixed on the bad: of the partition, which hub is surrounded by the rotative coin carrier, substantially as set forth. 7

14.. In device of the kind described, the combination with a partition, of an article on the front of said partition, and a movable coin carrier behind the partition, a hub fixed on the back of the partition the hub bei provided with a series of ducts for guieing coins, substant' y as set forth.

15. In a device of the kind described, the combination with a partition, of an article on the front of the partition, a rotative coin carrier mounted behind the partition and having two or more circular rows of pockets of different depths, hub fixed on the back of the partition and having tracks on its rim which tracks close the circles of coin pockets, said hub having a series of chutes for conducting coins out of and into said pockets, substantially as set forth.

16. In a device of the kind described, the combination with a partition, of an article on the front of said partition, a movable coin carrying device, a chute inclined clownward toward the front of said partition for receiving coins from the coin carrying device and a chute extending from said partition downward and rearward for delivery coins to the coin carrying device, substantially as set forth.

17. In a device of the kind described, the combination with a. partition, of an article on the front of said partition, a movable coin carrying device, a chute inclined down- *ard toward the front of said partition for receiving coins from the coin carrying device and a chute extending from said partition downward and rearward for delivercoins to the coin carrying device, the chute inclined toward the front of the partition being above the chute inclined downward. from. the front of the partition, substantially set forth.

18. In a device of the kind described, the combination with a coin carrier having means for receiving and ca rying coins of d ferent sizes, separate means into which said coins are delivered by the coin carrier to expose them to view and separate means for bringing the exposed coins back to the carrier, substantially as set forth.

Signed at Brooklyn in the county of Yings and State of New York this 6th day of December A. D. 1912.

JOHN NUTRY.

li itnesses Wrnuaar A. Coon, DAVID A. SULLIVAN, Jr.

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